Australia and the US: Bob Brown

President Barack Obama will be addressing Federal Parliament later this morning before flying off to Darwin, with the focus there being on the US military build-up in Australia. By 2016, a full taskforce of 2,500 marines will be stationed in the Northern Territory on a permanent basis. The agreement to bolster military co-operation was struck with the Gillard government and is supported by Tony Abbott and the opposition. But the Greens, however, say the government has sacrificed an independent foreign policy.